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CNC Software, LLC, the developers of Mastercam, announced that it has acquired Mastercam Reseller, 4D Engineering Ltd, headquartered in Cirencester, United Kingdom. 4D Engineering, Ltd is the sole Mastercam Reseller for the United Kingdom and Iceland and has served the Mastercam community since 1990. Mastercam Corporate will now provide industry-leading support and resources for users in the United Kingdom and Iceland under the name Mastercam UK. Existing customers will still see familiar faces as existing Mastercam experts at 4D Engineering are transitioning over to the new company. Mastercam UK will be independently and locally operated as a member of the global Mastercam Reseller network. President and CEO of CNC Software, LLC, Meghan West shared, “This is an exciting move for us here at Mastercam because it allows us to transition existing business by 4D Engineering into our new entity and also gives us the opportunity to expand and grow, with a unique insight

2021 indeed was another difficult year for the CENIT Group, still marked by the effects of the Corona pandemic but despite the unfavorable environment, CENIT proved in 2021 how resilient and adaptable its business model is. In 2021 the CENIT Group achieved sales of EUR 146,071 k (before change in method of accounting from principal to agent for revenue from software licenses, revenue would have amounted to EUR 155,130 k) and EBIT of EUR 6,234 k (+71,7%). The main reason for this was the high-margin increase in sales of own software solutions in the areas of Product Lifecycle and Enterprise Information Management. In the fourth quarter of 2021, which is strong in terms of revenue, deals with our customer companies in the financial services, aviation and digital factory segments made a significant contribution to the positive result. Results in detail During the 2021 business year, CENIT group generated sales revenues of EUR

DXC Technology, a leading Fortune 500 global IT services provider, has been selected to transform and run the mission-critical IT infrastructure for Her Majesty’s Passport Office (HMPO) in the U.K. Building on a 12-year relationship between DXC and HMPO, the organizations have signed 5-year agreement worth up to $37 million, through which DXC will provide HMPO with digital platform services to meet the growing demand for British passports. HMPO issues between 6 and 7 million passports each year to British nationals living in the UK and overseas. Commencing April 2022, DXC will provide support, maintenance and development of HMPO’s digital platforms within its “Digital Future Services” programme. Philippa Manley, Digital Services and Projects Director at HMPO said “for more than 12 years, DXC has exhibited its commitment and dependability across a broad scope of services, understanding our operating environment and sharing our commitment to providing social value. In this latest phase of modernisation,

IFS, the global cloud enterprise software company, announces that Japanese multinational technology company Konica Minolta will implement IFS’s Field Service Management software to future-proof its service operations.  Konica Minolta currently have around two million customers in 150 countries. The company is a leading provider of digital workplace services, commercial and industrial printing, and optical systems for industrial use, which means the company has a large field service operation with 3,250 employees.  With the IFS solution, Konica Minolta will transition to a predictive maintenance model that will allow them to plan the deployment of field service staff more efficiently across ten national operating companies (NOCs) across Europe. IFS Cloud will also ensure maximum equipment uptime, reduce engineer call outs, and achieve a heightened customer experience. As part of their ‘Next Generation Field Service Management’ objective – to be completed by the end of 2023 - AI-supported planning and scheduling optimization will enable employees to align schedules

The Putzmeister group of companies has consolidated the CAD and PLM landscape of its French subsidiary PLM2 and integrated it into the group-wide environment support from PROSTEP. The PLM experts at PROSTEP converted the French subsidiary's Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire data, including the design history, into the NX format and migrated it to the PLM system Teamcenter, which is used throughout the group. This enables Putzmeister to eliminate the additional cost of maintaining two system environments and makes it easier to reuse components. Putzmeister is one of the world's leading manufacturers of concrete pumps, shotcrete machines, batching plants, truck mixers, mortar machines, conveyor belts and industrial pumps. The group, which has been part of Chinese construction machinery manufacturer Sany since 2012, has also grown in recent years by acquiring smaller competitors such as the company PLM2 in France. Putzmeister decided to replace the CAD and PLM systems used by its French subsidiary and

Autodesk, Inc. launched Bridge, a new collaboration capability that empowers construction teams to share only relevant data with project stakeholders, regardless of whether they are on the same team or building project within Autodesk Construction Cloud. Bridge gives teams control over their respective project data sets by enabling them to share select sheets, folders and files with collaborators without having to share all project information. The new collaboration capabilities delivered by Bridge lessen the need for manual data transfer and management and provide confidence that everyone is working from the same information, minimizing rework and saving teams time and money that directly impacts their bottom lines. “Communicating relevant information with each stakeholder in a timely manner can be a manual and time-consuming process that often leads to data loss and miscommunication, putting us at risk of rework, increased costs and extended timelines,” said Luis Angel Garcia, BIM specialist, SSOE Group. “On the other hand,

Canvas GFX, Inc, the leading provider of graphics software and visual collaboration solutions, announced the launch of Envision .evONE, a consumer and single-user version of its interactive content and collaboration platform, Canvas Envision.  Envision .evONE enables users to quickly and easily create a range of visual assets, including interactive content, and share it to the web for consumption and review.  The new offering blends 2D drawing and image editing, 3D visualization, text handling, flow-charts, and a host of smart tools with instant online sharing in a single, intuitive desktop app. Able to import and handle file formats from PDF to 3D CAD, Envision .evONE is perfect for creating everything from marketing flyers, to presentations, and even interactive instructions and technical material. It offers an unbeatable combination of versatility, functionality and affordability.  The .evONE instant share function allows users to publish their content to the web through the Envision Cloud and invite peers, co-workers

To drive significantly greater productivity and efficiency for increasingly complex chip designs, Synopsys, Inc. announced a new cloud-optimized electronic design automation (EDA) deployment model that delivers unparalleled levels of chip and system design flexibility via a single-source, pay-as-you-go approach. Synopsys Cloud provides access to the company's cloud-optimized design and verification products, with pre-optimized infrastructure on Microsoft Azure to address higher levels of interdependencies in chip development. "Semiconductor companies are increasingly challenged to quickly deliver both complex functionality and energy efficiency to meet growing requirements for more compute," said Mark Papermaster, executive vice president and CTO, AMD. "AMD is delivering high-performance processors across a wide range of workloads. Innovative approaches like Synopsys Cloud built on the Microsoft Azure HBv3 cloud platform – now powered by the latest 3rd Gen AMD EPYC™ Processors with 3D V-Cache™ technology – can provide access to optimized compute and EDA tools in the cloud, further adding to our innovative chip

FactoryTalk® View Site Edition (SE) HMI V13 software delivers new features along with simplified licensing and a lower-cost pricing model V13 introduces more options for what data is displayed and how it is presented to operators. Collected data can now be displayed in a tabular format with data grid, and plot two sets of production data against one another in a new XY plot. This release also improves system extensibility through .NET object support, server-side scripting, and client-specific tags that allow functionality specific to each client/user session in a distributed system. New tools for application maintenance add value by providing better interaction with devices and servers in a system. The new system status portal provides a web-based overview of all FactoryTalk® application servers and their status. This release provides deeper interaction with Logix controllers with a new capability to drive HMI animation for automatic diagnostics, and new mobile access to automatic diagnostics messages through

Velo3D, Inc., a leading metal additive manufacturing technology company for mission-critical parts, announced the release of its Flow 3.0 print preparation software. The new version supports larger models of parts that are able to be manufactured on the company’s Sapphire XC (Extra Capacity) printer, which can produce parts that are up to 400% larger than the Sapphire printer. Flow 3.0 also supports the scheduling of additional lasers to maximize the efficiency of the Sapphire XC’s eight 1,000 W lasers and increase productivity by up to 5x compared to Velo3D’s Sapphire printer. “By providing an end-to-end solution we are able to let engineers focus on building the mission critical parts they need,” said Daniel Russel, Velo3D Director of Engineering. “The 3.0 release brings support for the sorts of large models that can be printed on Sapphire XC, warnings and guidance to customers during build preparation, along with tools for managing build preparation